How can I return an anonymous type from a method?

Question

I have a Linq query that I want to call from multiple places:

var myData = from a in db.MyTable
             where a.MyValue == "A"
             select new  {
                            a.Key,
                            a.MyValue
                          };

How can I create a method, put this code in it, and then call it?

public  ???  GetSomeData()
{
   // my Linq query
}

Answer 1

IQueryable and IEnumerable both work. But you want to use a type specific version, IQueryable<T> or IEnumerable <T>.

So you'll want to create a type to keep the data.

var myData = from a in db.MyTable
             where a.MyValue == "A"
             select new MyType
             {
                 Key = a.Key,
                 Value = a.MyValue
             };

Answer 2

IQueryable

So your method declaration would look like

public IQueryable GetSomeData()